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Why are Chief Officers of Police made vicariously liable under the RR(A)A?

April 26, 2017Chief liable Officers police RR Vicariously

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Why are Chief Officers of Police made vicariously liable under the RR(A)A?

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All employers are vicariously liable for acts of racial discrimination by their employees. However police officers are not ‘employees’ they are ‘office holders’. The provision in the RR(A)A removed this anomaly in the 1976 Act, and brought the police into line with ‘employers’ such as the Prison Service, Fire Service etc.